Ezra Klein and two others to leave Bezos’s Washington Post for new venture

Ezra Klein, Melissa Bell and Dylan Matthews are leaving the Washington Post and their blog Wonkblog for a new venture. The news was so hot that it crashed the Poynter web site that covers the media.

Politico (with a fully-functioning web site) also has the full memo, which doesn’t reveal where the trio is heading. That Klein is leaving with colleagues doesn’t come as a surprise after The New York Times reported that Jeff Bezos turned down his double-digit-million investment request.